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principle everywhere dissolves the mechanical technique of
visual separation and analysis of functions. Electronic tapes
with exactly synchronized information replace the old lineal
sequence of the assembly line.
Acceleration is a formula for dissolution and breakdown in
any organization. Since the entire mechanical technology of the
Western world has been wedded to electricity, it has pushed
toward higher speeds. All the mechanical aspects of our world
seem to probe toward self-liquidation. The United States had
built up a large degree of central political controls through the
interplay of the railway, the post office, and the newspaper. In
1848 the Postmaster General wrote, in his report, that
newspapers have “always been esteemed of so much
importance to the public, as the best means of disseminating
intelligence among the people, that the lowest rate has always